Critical Contrast: Auddia (NASDAQ:AUUD) and KLDiscovery (OTCMKTS:KLDI)

Auddia (NASDAQ:AUUD) and KLDiscovery (OTCMKTS:KLDI) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Auddia and KLDiscovery”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Auddia	N/A	N/A	-$8.72 million	($23.37)	-0.04
KLDiscovery	$345.80 million	0.00	-$34.81 million	($1.32)	N/A

Auddia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KLDiscovery. Auddia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KLDiscovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Auddia has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, KLDiscovery has a beta of -1.05, indicating that its share price is 205% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

20.4% of KLDiscovery shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Auddia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of KLDiscovery shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Auddia and KLDiscovery’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Auddia	N/A	-206.92%	-180.29%
KLDiscovery	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Auddia and KLDiscovery, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Auddia	1	0	0	0	1.00
KLDiscovery	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given KLDiscovery’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KLDiscovery is more favorable than Auddia.

Summary

KLDiscovery beats Auddia on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Auddia

Auddia Inc., a technology company, develops AI Platform for the audio and podcast markets. The company's flagship product is faidr, which enables consumers to listen to various AM/FM radio station with commercial breaks replaced with personalized audio content, including popular and new music, news, and weather. It also provides Vodacast mobile app, an interactive differentiated podcasting that allows podcasters to give their audiences an interactive audio experience; and Podcast Hub, a content management system. The company was formerly known as Clip Interactive, LLC and changed its name to Auddia Inc. in November 2019. Auddia Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

About KLDiscovery

KLDiscovery Inc. provides eDiscovery, information governance, and data recovery solutions to corporations, law firms, insurance companies, and individuals worldwide. The company offers Nebula, an end-to-end eDiscovery solution that facilitates smarter ways to cull, process, review, and manage documents in an intuitive interface; Client Portal for consolidated visualizations and reporting for portfolio intelligence; KLD Processing, a proprietary processing application; ReadySuite to perform extensive QC on a production, normalize inbound submissions, or spot check the work of a colleague or supplier; Relativity for relativity enhancements and state-of-the-art HIVE infrastructure; Nebula Processing to process data with a higher degree of quality; and Nebula AI, a technology assisted review tool combined with a deep bench of experts, as well as managed services, remote document review, and managed document review services. It also provides computer forensics, ransomware data recovery, remote collection manager, data recovery, and data collection services. In addition, the company offers Nebula Archive, an advanced archiving solution for modern enterprise data management needs at scale; Nebula Intelligent Archive, a digital communications compliance platform with machine learning and analytics; and Office 365 Migration and Management, as well as information governance and advisory services. Further, it provides Ontrack EasyRecovery that allows clients to perform precise file recovery of data lost through deletion, reformatting, and various other data loss scenarios; Ontrack PowerControls, a granular restore software product; email extraction, tape solutions, and data destruction solutions; and professional services. KLDiscovery Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.